Category: General

(someone forgot that our hosting was due last week….um that would be me. All paid now and we’re back for another 12 months lol)

So did I miss blogging over the last few days? Yup you bet. I’ve got a bit to share with you all too.

I’ve been a bit inspired to do some scrapping, well art journaling actually. Thanks to Kirsty (@mummytofive) and Lisa (@heyLisaWarren) for our scrapping chat on Twitter (search for the hashtag #saturdayscrap).

Anyways back to what I did Saturday night. They are in my gallery if you want to check them out.

I got another couple of pages started and I’ll share them as soon as they are done.

Miss K is growing so fast and getting a real attitude lately *sigh* Bedtimes are becoming a real struggle and day sleeps are nearly non existent 🙁 any suggestions blog land?

Looking forward to working with the team at Scrapping Shoebox. We’ve said goodbye to two members and welcomed a new member. Look for some changes and take part in our poll to help us share what you want to see.

Anyways, I’m off to do some more art journaling. Back soon

Membership to Sunny Mummy

I would so love to join the Sunny Mummy site. It seems like such an inspirational place to be.

This chair and footstool for Miss K (in cream)

The Mog Collection. Another for Miss K (well for me too I love the Mog books)

The OTI Organiser. I think I really want one of these for Christmas this year.

and one for hubby (& me) who is a huge Star Wars fan.

What’s on your wish list right now?

 

(The idea & questions for my round up come from Katie the Scrapbook Lady.)

What books and/or magazines did I read this month?

WHEN MY HUSBAND DOES THE DISHES by Kerri Sackville (OMG this book is freaking hilarious – review coming soon. You can follow her on Twitter @KerriSackville)

What movies, television shows, plays, etc. did I watch this month?
TV – Bones, Holmes Inspection, Glee, Time Team, AFL, Doctor Who

What fun things did I do with my family and/or friends?
Got to catch up with my cousin & her gorgeous son

What gifts did I give and/or receive?
didn’t give or receive anything this month

What special or unusual purchases did I make? just the usual purchases this month

What illnesses or health concerns did I have? Had minor surgery to remove scar tissue from when Miss K was born

What were my accomplishments this month?
Got all the paper work for the last 2 financial years to our new accountant. Signed up for a scrapbooking challenge.

What were my disappointments this month?
not getting as much help around home as I’d like & getting grumpy about it.

How did I do on my goals for the month? (Or any current short or long term goals) Journaling everyday still. Started scrapping my P365. Did some digi pages & art journal pages. Exercise has dropped off recently due to not feeling 100% & my op.

Anything else noteworthy to include? Mum feeling much better. Miss K still sleeping in her bed.feeling up & done. Miss K still in her own bed & coming through when she wakes of a morning; self settling overnight and only occasionally having overnight feeds.

Tasks to do

1. Back up all digital pictures. Format memory cards. Sort all May photos into 2011 folder. Make a backup copy of the photos onto my desktop computer and EHD. Burn onto 2011 DVD. DONE
2. Backup any other documents or files as needed. DONE
3. Backup my blogs. DONE
4. Clean off my work area, empty my inbox, and clean up my computer files.  DONE
5. Update LYM Logbook from Momento app

Goals for June
Journal every day. Note to self – Print out LYM 2011 logbook pages for June
Do some scrapping & art journaling
Exercise at least 3 times a week.
Try and keep the house a bit cleaner – working on this with HabitHacker

Playing around with a new theme. Trying to create something a little more clean & stream lined.

Feel free to let me know what you think 🙂

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(thanks to Tweet Smarter & All Twitter for this one)

I joined Twitter 898 days ago (25 November 2008)

My first follower was @BookofMe

My first Tweet was “has just joined twitter” at 12:04 AM Nov 25th 2008

So When did you join Twitter? Who was your first follower? And what was your first Tweet?

As you know, if you’ve been a long time follower of my blog, I’ve been trying to follow Flylady numerous times and I always seem to fail. I do ok for a week or two then just get disheartened and give up. I was doing some blog surfing recently and found a link to HabitHacker and thought I’d check it out. Sounds ok. Sounds like something I could do.

The first step in habit hacking your ‘nest’ is to “Polish your place” (or choose a spot & clean it). It can be any place – your sink (ala FlyLady) or your bedside table or anything. Just somewhere you will keep clean everyday.

I chose my main bench in the kitchen. It’s a dumping ground. We make cuppa’s here. I prepare food here. I, for some reason known only to a small part of my brain, sort mail here. Lately it’s been shocking. Cue the Before photo

Well one week in and I am still managing to keep this bench tidy. I’m finding it so easy to give it a quick wipe over and to put things away when I’ve finished with them and to give it a spray and wipe after breakfast and before I go to bed.

See?

Do you follow a system to keep your home organised? What do you love about it?

Not me. Unless it’s watching hubby do it but that rarely happens. So anything to make my life a little easier is always a good thing.

Since Miss K arrived and more so since she started eating solids (and isn’t that fun) I’ve been doing at least one load a day and sometime that also includes a load of washing to soak – you know the usual stains that don’t just come out in the wash. So when I was given the opportunity to try Biozet Attack Ecosmart washing liquid I thought ‘Why not?’

I’m a huge believer in using laundry liquid since Miss K came along. I find it easier to use and it doesn’t leave a powdery residue even if I used the suggested dose. Also I wash with warm water. Yeah I know washing with cold water is better but until we can afford to redo all the plumbing in the bathroom & laundry – warm water it is.

Anywho back to the laundry liquid. One of my biggest gripes with laundry liquid is you always seem to use a fair bit. For example, the current brand I use suggests 1 1/2 to 2 caps per full load. I use one & it seems to wash fine. With Biozet Attack Ecosmart you only need one 19ml ‘shot’ per wash. And you know what? That tiny amount cleans a full load of washing. And my white towels actually seem to come out whiter. I also noted that it gets out stains that my other liquids haven’t. Pretty cool.

It is smaller than other liquids but gives about the same amount of washes. And the bottle is refillable. And it is about the same price as the current liquid I use.

So would I buy it again? Yup for sure.

Disclaimer – I was provided a full bottle of Biozet Attack Ecosmart and refill for the purpose of review. All opinions above are my own.

(The idea & questions for my round up come from Katie the Scrapbook Lady.)

What books and/or magazines did I read this month? I haven’t read anything this month

What movies, television shows, plays, etc. did I watch this month?
TV – Bones, Holmes Inspection, Glee, Time Team, Raw, Smackdown, AFL, Camelot, Doctor Who

What fun things did I do with my family and/or friends? played on our new Xbox 360

What gifts did I give and/or receive?
Gave – xbox game & RPG book to hubby

What special or unusual purchases did I make? Xbox 360 & Kinect & games

What illnesses or health concerns did I have? Got a head cold

What were my accomplishments this month? finished the projects for Mouse, Paper, Scissors

What were my disappointments this month? Family illness

How did I do on my goals for the month? (Or any current short or long term goals) still journaling everyday. Managed to get some scrapbooking done. Still taking a photo-a-day of Miss K

Anything else noteworthy to include? Mum feeling much better. Miss K still sleeping in her bed.

Tasks to do

1. Back up all digital pictures. Format memory cards. Sort all April photos into 2011 folder. Make a backup copy of the photos onto my desktop computer and EHD. Burn onto 2011 DVD. DONE
2. Backup any other documents or files as needed. DONE
3. Backup my blogs. DONE
4. Clean off my work area, empty my inbox, and clean up my computer files.  DONE
5. Update LYM Logbook from Momento

Goals for May
Journal every day. Note to self – Print out LYM 2011 logbook pages for May
Do some scrapping & art journaling
Exercise at least 3 times a week.
Try and keep the house a bit cleaner

image courtesy of The Royal Wedding

Tonight (Australian time) many world wide will be watching Prince William & Kate Middleton get married in ‘the wedding of the year’. I am one of the few who won’t be watching. I’ve got nothing against weddings and nothing against the Royals (I loved Diana & Charles’ wedding) but there is AFL on and this house tends to go a bit AFL made over winter… well hubby does anyways. So I will be over at Three Little Princesses taking part in the Royal Wedding Pyjama Party and finishing off the pressies I’m making for Mother’s Day.

Since the world has gone a little mad for weddings, today I thought I’d share the story of my wedding day. warning there are a few images

I can’t find the photo but I spent all morning of my wedding day going between Mum & Dad’s couch & the toilet. I had been sick for the past three months with gastro. Yup I planned my entire wedding while I had gastro & was working. Anyways, after a quick trip to the doctors and a shot to quell the queasiness I was off to the hairdresser with my best friend & bridesmaid to get our hair done then out to the gorgeous Historic property of Brickendon to get prepared.

This gorgeous cottage was where we got our makeup done and did some pre-wedding photos with our amazing photographer Philip Kuruvita. I He’s not intrusive & the photos and our wedding album are gorgeous!!

We wrote most of the ceremony ourselves and included quite a few pagan bits and pieces in (but not enough to offend any of my Christian rellies) and lit 5 candles (2 for those who couldn’t be with us, namely those who had passed on, 2 family candles and 1 unity candle symbolising the joining of 2 families lit from the family candles)

That’s my bff & bridemaid. I owe her so much. Thanks Lisa, you have no idea how much u mean to me

Our reception was held in the barn at Brickendon and was a lovely buffet meal, not that I ate much as I was starting to feel a bit ill again.

We cut our cake (a yummy mud cake cooked by Mum and decorated by a friend)

and of course there were speeches (& lots of tears) and signing our engagement photos which had been framed (another Kuruvita shoot)

oh and we had a crockenbush for desert (I ate some of that, yum)

and lots of pressies.

After which we took off for our first night as a married couple, staying in this gorgeous little cottage.

then off to Queensland for a week for our honeymoon. So that’s our wedding story. I can’t believe it’ll have been 5 years in November.

 

Doctor Who fans worldwide were saddened to hear about the sudden passing of Elisabeth Sladen (better know as the companion to the Doctor, Sarah Jane Smith) this morning. She first appeared in 1973 alongside the Third Doctor Jon Pertwee and appeared with other Doctors including David Tennant.

BBC has put up a page for Sladen and I’m sure many other Who related sites will also do their tributes.

Farewell Lis, the Whovian Universe will miss you.